Nathu La and Cho La clashes: Difference between revisions

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{{Short description|Border clashes between China and India in 1967}}
{{Short description|Border clashes between China and India in 1967}}
 
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{{Coord missing|Sikkim}}
{{Coord missing|Sikkim}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
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| image_size        = 250px
| image_size        = 250px
| caption          = World map from 1967 with China and India highlighted
| caption          = World map from 1967 with China and India highlighted
| date              = 11–14 September 1967 (Nathu La)<br />1 October 1967 (Cho La)
| date              = 11–14 September 1967 (Nathu La)<br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=9|day1=11|year1=1967|month2=9|day2=14|year2=1967}})<br />1 October 1967 (Cho La)
| place            = [[Nathu La]] and [[Cho La (Sikkim and Tibet)|Cho La]], on the border between [[China]] and the [[Kingdom of Sikkim]]
| place            = [[Nathu La]] and [[Cho La (Sikkim and Tibet)|Cho La]], on the border between [[China]] and the [[Kingdom of Sikkim]]
| territory        =  
| territory        =  
| result            = Indian victory<ref name="Chellaney" /><ref name="Praagh" /><ref name="Hoontrakul" />
| result            = Indian victory<ref name="Chellaney" /><ref name="Praagh" /><ref name="Hoontrakul" />
* Chinese offensives on Nathu La and Cho La repelled
* Chinese initiative retreat from Nathu La and Cho La
| combatant1        = {{flag|India}}
| combatant1        = {{flag|India}}
| combatant2        = {{flag|China}}
| combatant2        = {{flag|China}}
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| commander2        = {{flagdeco|China}} [[Mao Zedong]]<br />{{small|(Chairman of the [[Communist Party of China|CPC]]/[[Central Military Commission (China)|CMC]])}}<br />{{flagdeco|China}} [[Maj. Gen.]] Wang Chenghan<br />{{small|(Deputy commander of the [[Tibet Military District]])}}<br />{{flagdeco|China}} [[Maj. Gen.]] Yu Zhiquan
| commander2        = {{flagdeco|China}} [[Mao Zedong]]<br />{{small|(Chairman of the [[Communist Party of China|CPC]]/[[Central Military Commission (China)|CMC]])}}<br />{{flagdeco|China}} [[Maj. Gen.]] Wang Chenghan<br />{{small|(Deputy commander of the [[Tibet Military District]])}}<br />{{flagdeco|China}} [[Maj. Gen.]] Yu Zhiquan
| units1            = {{army|India}}
| units1            = {{army|India}}
| units2            = {{armed forces|China}}
| units2            =  
{{army|CHN}}
| strength1        = Part of the 112th Infantry Brigade
| strength1        = Part of the 112th Infantry Brigade
| strength2        = 31st Infantry Regiment
| strength2        = 31st Infantry Regiment
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*3rd Artillery Regiment
*3rd Artillery Regiment
| casualties1      = '''Indian claims''':<br> 88 killed<br>163 wounded<ref name="People 1967 51">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y2jVAAAAMAAJ |title=Lok Sabha Debates |last1=People |first1=India Parliament House of the |last2=Sabha |first2=India Parliament Lok |date=1967 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat. |pages=51– |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Mishra JNU"/><br/>'''Chinese claims''':<br>101 killed <br>(65 Nathu La, 36 Cho La)<ref name="Fravel" />
| casualties1      = '''Indian claims''':<br> 88 killed<br>163 wounded<ref name="People 1967 51">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y2jVAAAAMAAJ |title=Lok Sabha Debates |last1=People |first1=India Parliament House of the |last2=Sabha |first2=India Parliament Lok |date=1967 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat. |pages=51– |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Mishra JNU"/><br/>'''Chinese claims''':<br>101 killed <br>(65 Nathu La, 36 Cho La)<ref name="Fravel" />
| casualties2      = '''Chinese claims''': <br>32 killed (Nathu La), unknown (Cho La)<ref name="Fravel" /> <br>'''Indian claims''':<br>340 killed<br>450 wounded.<ref name="Mishra JNU"/>
| casualties2      = '''Indian claims''':<br>340 killed<br>450 wounded.<ref name="Mishra JNU"/><br>'''Chinese claims''': <br>32 killed (Nathu La), unknown (Cho La)<ref name="Fravel" />  
| casualties3      =  
| casualties3      =  
| notes            =  
| notes            =